Next Page Section Break somehow changed to Cont. Section Break; each time fix spreads to prev chap

macropod · #2 10-09-2020, 07:44 PM

AAn unfortunate side-effect of deleting ‘Continuous’ Section breaks in Word is that they tend to cause the preceding ‘Next Page’ Section break to be converted to a ‘Continuous’ Section break. A workaround is to convert the Section break to the same kind as the one that precedes it, then delete break. You can do that via Layout>Page Setup>Layout>Section Start.

The following macro automates the process. Simply select a range spanning the unwanted break before running the macro.

Code:

Sub DelSctnBrk()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With Selection.Sections
  .Last.PageSetup.SectionStart = .First.PageSetup.SectionStart
  .Last.Range.Characters.First.Previous.Delete
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

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